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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=2899#Comment_2899Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:25:36 -0600immaterialBefore moving on to books and music, how about Top Ten Movies Of All Time? Or, if you're feeling ambitious, Top Ten Movies Of All Time in every genre? Or any genre. What do you like?

Lists should be personal and quirky rather than definitive: instead of AFI, think movies you wouldn't want to go to your desert island without -- which is to say, Citizen Kane shouldn't be there if given a choice between seeing Citizen Kane or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 100 times you'd opt for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. There should be at least one truly embarrassing guilty pleasure per ten films named, and pet films that you have personally rescued from complete obscurity are worth extra points. The best reason to read a Top Ten list is the off chance that you might read about something you've never heard about, and it's particularly interesting to read a title you've never encountered before (or never bothered to see) in good company with a bunch of interesting films you are aware of. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=2908#Comment_2908Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:31:49 -0600Admiral NeckMovies:

The MatrixDie HardThe IncrediblesSingin' In The RainKoyaanisqatsiRanHeatThe Big LebowskiDazed and ConfusedHis Girl Friday

With a special mention to Fight Club and All The President's Men. And about fifty others. Not a very adventurous list, I'll admit, but I love them nonetheless. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=2914#Comment_2914Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:40:46 -0600Exploder
2) Holy Mountain3) Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure4) Nekromantik5) The collected short films of Maya Deren6) Lord of the Rings Trilogy7) Can all seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer be one of them? It's like a movie, but really long.8) Evil Dead (or Evil Dead 2, but not both on the same list)9) Blade Runner10) Stick It, just because there should be a teen sports triumph movie on every top ten movies list.

and on the runners up list - The Big Lobowski, Aliens, The Fountain, City of Lost Children, Amelie, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=2938#Comment_2938Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:26:34 -0600Zachary ColeTop Ten Listshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=2943#Comment_2943
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=2943#Comment_2943Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:37:32 -0600ravnos
In no particular orderFight ClubEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindHana-biCowboy Bebop (hey if all 7 seasons of Buffy count 26 episodes of Bebop can)Berserk (same to above)Ugh... can I have every movie by Akira Kurosawa ever on here? Well almost every...BladerunnerShaun of the DeadLord of the Rings Trilogymy guilty pleasure one - The Adventures of Milo and Otis. Sorry, best kids movie EVER.

Also... there is a movie of Watership Down!? Gimme! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=2945#Comment_2945Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:39:41 -0600JaredRulesTop Ten Listshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=2948#Comment_2948
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=2948#Comment_2948Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:41:29 -0600will_butler
Double IndemnityBrazilThe Third ManThe Iron GiantThe Good, The Bad, and the UglyThe KillerTrustDr. Strangeloveand either The Stunt Man or The Ninth Configuration. I can never decide which I like better.

Altered StatesBlade RunnerJan Svankmajer’s AliceBrazilFahrenheit 451 VideodromeInvasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)Valerie and Her Week of WondersSolaris (the original by Tarkovsky)Alphaville ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=2962#Comment_2962Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:04:12 -0600JaredRules
Except for The Fly. And I heard that Eastern Promises is good.

(and I'll even give him the fact that his movies often have really cool ideas. but just poorly executed.) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=2964#Comment_2964Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:06:19 -0600SvetlanaFavourite horror? John Carpenter's The Thing, The Excorcist, The Shining, Ringu, and if horror comedy counts, Shaun of the Dead, Army of Darkness, Shadow of the Vampire.

Also, where would you place Oldboy? Revenge? Mindfuck? ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=2994#Comment_2994Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:25:49 -0600JaredRules
They are my heroes. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3007#Comment_3007Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:57:40 -0600Admiral Neck
Altered States totally belongs in my absolute top ten. Bye bye, His Girl Friday. And yes, a director's cut of Exorcist III would be great, but Morgan Creek already completely misunderstood what Blatty was trying to do and I don't think they're ever gonna come around on that. At least we'll always have that great monologue about the fish swimming back and forth.

JaredRules, oddly enough, while Cronenberg is my favourite living director, Eastern Promises left me cold. A huge disappointment with one great ball-flinging fight scene. The rest of the movie plays out like a variation on A History of Violence without the focus. It might be the first Cronenberg film I've seen that I didn't love. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3014#Comment_3014Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:23:44 -0600StarrahSeries 7: The ContendersSLC PunkAlmost FamousWho Framed Roger RabbitMillennium ActressKikujiro (which I was surprised someone already mentioned!)Shaun of the DeadWatership DownThe GodfatherTerminator 2 (there's my guilty pleasure; I've loved it--cheese and all--since I was a kid)

I could watch all 10 of those over again for the rest of my life and be reasonably content. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3021#Comment_3021Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:08:52 -0600MonkeyBusiness-Harold and Maude-Battle Royale-Oldboy-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-Dolls-The Straight Story-Ichi The Killer-Audition-American Beauty-Take Care of My Cat

There's a few that could go either way between them and another film, but I doubt I could settle on a final choice, so this ten will do. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3025#Comment_3025Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:14:20 -0600Cat Vincent
They do all tend to include what I call 'Grail Movies' - films that provoke in me an almost mystical sensation, and/or have some element of multiple reality/magic - flicks that Mason Lang of The Invisibles would rave over.

Ones that usually stay on the list are:

Altered States -- which I think oddly is Ken Russell's most restrained film!BarakaDark City --for my money the best of the 'your reality isn't real' flicks of the late 1990s, which included such fine fare as Pleasantville, The Truman Show, The Thirteenth Floor and some obscure arthouse piece called The MatrixThe Holy MountainBatman - Mask of the Phantasm -- which I still rate slightly above Batman Begins (and you can watch in a double bill with Run Lola Run and be done before most modern movies end!)The Fountain - which I adore despite the flaws.

I note that many of these films work so well for me through the music as any other part - from the late Shirley Walker's definitive Batman score to the Clint Mansell/Kronos Quartet/Mogwai combo that did The Fountain (and made the soundtrack album which immediately made my 'music to have wild transcendent sex to' list... which might be another amusing thread!) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3028#Comment_3028Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:19:38 -0600donnie darko
2. Requiem for a dream3. Fight Club4. Lost in translation5. Alien 3 (yes!!!)6. Pi ( I love Aronofsky, so sue me)7. Miami Vice8. Collateral9. Braindead (the Peter Jackson one)10. Calvaire ( by Fabrice DuWelz) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3031#Comment_3031Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:32:57 -0600MonkeyBusiness
Dolls was one of the prettiest movies I've ever seen.

Gorgeous, no? I could watch it with the sound off and just be mesmerised.

I love Aronofsky, so sue me

I didn't realise it was bad to like him....is it? I thought he was generally quite popular. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3069#Comment_3069Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:26:47 -0600Scribe
The Pigeon Egg Strategy (good luck in finding this one)Dr. StrangeloveHugo PoolGoodnight, and good luckTwo Days in the ValleyCasablancaCity LightsThe Great DictatorDoctor ZhivagoCasino Royale (someone finally figured out how to make a Bond movie.) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3087#Comment_3087Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:32:17 -0600John SmithCasablancaGhostbustersLost in TranslationEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindSuperman: The MovieThe DepartedIdiocracyStar Trek II: the Wrath of KhanLeon: the ProfessionalandUHF, perhaps the most underrated movie of the 1980s. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3104#Comment_3104Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:31:06 -0600Ferburton
2. Army of Darkness3. Fight Club4. Ghostbusters5. The Wall6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail7. Clerks8. Pulp Fiction9. Desperado10. The Boondock Saints ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3120#Comment_3120Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:03:45 -0600Sarpedon
I haven't seen the newest one yet but some argue that unicorn is really important...I haven't thought about it enoough.

I love Aronofsky, so sue me

I didn't realise it was bad to like him....is it? I thought he was generally quite popular.

Not popular enough with most people that one has his entire catalog on your top ten list. (I love The Fountain though, bald wolverine is awesome. and the movie is stunning visually, I've meant to look up how they did the effects, I know they're all non-digital though yes?)

Hmm. here's a quick list.

1. Jurassic Park(my favorite movie of all time. I can't quite quote the whole thing but I can usually stay about 15 seconds ahead of the dialog.)

9 others in no particular order:Life Aquatic,Lost in Translation,Seven Samurai,Yojimbo,The Fountain,Stranger Than Fiction,Children of Men,Inland Empire,Slither.

I have to see it again but I think No Country For Old Men will now have to find a way to fit into that list somehow. That and Children of Men are neck and neck for best movie I've seen this year. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3127#Comment_3127Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:10:15 -0600screaming meat1/fistful of dollars - you laughing at my mule?2/for a few dollars more - I knew they were bounty-hunters from the first time we met.3/good the bad and the ugly - Son of thousand fathers and they are all bastards like you!4/once upon a time in the west - No, my friend. You brought two too many.5/fistful of dynamite - Duck, you sucker!6/fight club - you are not your fucking khakis.7/brick - Put your body to sleep.8/big lebowski - I can get you a toe.9/yojimbo - uh...10/old boy - well... I...

wow... thats quite a violent line-up... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3146#Comment_3146Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:30:10 -0600ravnosHorror:CureThe AuditionAcacia (This is just kind of a place holder... it was good, but I know I've seen better I just can't think of them.)Silence of the LambsDay of the DeadDawn of the DeadShaun of the DeadThe BirdsThe Evil Dead series (I can't choose just one sorry)Cannibal Holocaust

I prefer psychological horror to slasher flicks... and zombie movies are just awesome. I'm also bored with American horror movies, I prefer Japanese ones at this point. I need to see more "classic" American horror though.

Comedy:Shaun of the Dead (What... I can't have it in 2 lists?)Hot FuzzMonty Python anything (just... all of it)A Bit of Fry and Laurie (all the seasons)Beerfest (It's silly...)Nightmare Before ChristmasThe Princess BrideTenacious D and the Pick of DestinyInvader ZimAnything by Mel Brooks. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3192#Comment_3192Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:31:57 -0600AtomicSloth
The Third ManPrincess MononokeFight ClubThe Good The Bad And The UglySin CityChildren Of MenRequiem For A DreamOld BoyThe Hours

Warlock (greatest western of all time)My Name Is NobodyThe Good The Bad and The UglySeven Men From Now (this was part of a string of westerns made by Randolph Scott and Budd Boeticher that are to the western film what the Val Lewton canon is to horror) El Topo (so sue me -- it's my list)Duck You SuckerThe Price of Power (the JFK assassination in a western setting)The Big Gundown (Lee Van Cleef's best western outside of Leone's films)My Darling Clementine (Wow. Henry Fonda is all over this list. I never really thought about it before...)Once Upon A Time In The West ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3481#Comment_3481Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:34:16 -0600jensen5
Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (still need to get this on DVD)Super TroopersThe Crow300TransformersWhat Dreams May ComeEternal Sunshine for the Spotless MindThe BenchwarmersGroundhog Day ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3492#Comment_3492Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:44:47 -0600COMTE
BrazilIt's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldYoung FrankensteinCasablancaBlade RunnerST II: TWoKDuck SoupDr. StrangeloveThe Right Stuff ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=3575#Comment_3575Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:26:27 -0600Jason Michelitch.BREWSTER MCCLOUD (1970) (This may be my "pet rescue" pick - I wasn't even born when this film came out but I keep introducing it to people who were...).THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940).GLORIA! (1979) (part of Hollis Frampton's Magellan Cycle...avant/underground, won't show up on IMDB, but just a heartbreaking ten minutes of movie. Don't pay attention to descriptions you read online, they all focus on the formalist academic side of the film and not the fact that it's the most moving cinematic tribute to a parent that one will ever see.).THE LION IN WINTER (1968).FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (1998) (Sometimes this is Brazil).RUSHMORE (1998).WAYNE'S WORLD (1992).BATMAN RETURNS (1992) (Often times this is Ed Wood).RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981).HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) (This is actually a recent discovery...don't know why it took me so long to see this film, but it's utterly magnificent. Sharp, smart, and brutally vicious...now I have to dig out Front Page, the play it was based on...).DEAD MAN (Sometimes this is every other Jim Jarmusch film.)

I could come up with 20 more I love just as much. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=5952#Comment_5952Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:20:35 -0600Jamie Coville1. Pulp Fiction2. Terminator3. Terminator 24. Total Recall5. First Blood6. Planet of the Apes (original)7. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes8. X-Men 29. Hellboy10. The Incredibles

I tried to pick stuff that I never get tired of watching or titles hold a lot of meaning to me at some point or another. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=5961#Comment_5961Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:01:51 -0600pi8you
2) Ghost in the Shell(the whole lot of it)3) The Usual Suspects4) Snatch / Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels5) Fight Club6) The Fifth Element7) Se7en8) Donnie Darko9) Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back10) and.... any Mel Brooks film to round things out, I suppose, or The Princess Bride.

So hard to order them all, espcially as one film leads to another(Yay for the blade runner fans btw :D) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=108&Focus=6110#Comment_6110Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:19:12 -0600Alan Tyson1) Donnie Darko - no movie has affected me in quite the same way, and at the same time immediately put Mary McDonnel and Jake Gyllenhaal on my favorite actors list2) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Jim Carey is, I think, one of the best actors in Hollywood, but unfortunately you don't see him do this very often. Simon Birch is the other one I can think of off the top of my head.3) Brazil - The art design, the writing, the sheer silliness at parts, and the fragility of the movie blends into an extremely touching film4) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - I must have watched this movie at least ten times my first year at college. I've come to realize I spend an awful lot of time in Bat Country, and I've never done drugs in my life.5) Clerks - One of the most quotable films of all time, and the first movie that I really sat down to analyze. It was great fun then, and it still is whenever I watch it.6) The Empire Strikes Back - The definition of the 1980s, as far as I'm concerned. 7) The Boondock Saints - The first time I saw this movie it set my Irish blood boiling. It is still simmering.8) Serenity - I'm a browncoat through and through, so this movie was candy for me. Bitter, sour candy with at least three razor blades hidden in it, but candy nonetheless.9) Once Upon a Time in the West - Singlehandedly made me fall in love with westerns.10) Ghost in the Shell - Singlehandedly made me fall in love with cyberpunk.